Alright, so apparently going to the gym two days ago, and walking for 30 minutes at lunch for two days did absolutely nothing for my weight loss.. the only difference is that my muscles hurt like hell! UGH!!! And tonight is another Nazi gym-partner workout... and I know being sore adds weight because of the liquid (lactic acid) in your muscles to help heal them from being overworked.. but I'm just going to have soreness on top of soreness, which means still no weight loss..
So, as my title for this post states.. drastic times call for drastic measures! I will have to go extreme diet to counter act the workouts until the workouts start "doing what they are supposed to do.. making me thinner, toner and lighter!!" .. I'm going to start my diet with the A.M.P. diet (via Lindora weight loss program).. AMP stands for Alternative meal plan... and it's uber difficult to do.. I've never gone more than three days on the AMP diet and technically a dieter is supposed to be on the AMP for a whole week!
Basically, the AMP diet is a liquid protein diet and instead of having 6 meals, you drink 9-12 meals.. and I say meals but it's really just double portions of the protein drink or protein snack. Lindora has plenty of protein-infused drinks and snacks that are acceptable for the AMP diet. Also, on occasion, a person is allowed a protein bar or a protein snack like protein chips or protein puffs, etc.. but definitely not one every day... yogurt and soup is allowed on the AMP diet (as long as it's not one of those thick and hearty beef stew types of soups.. but chicken soup is allowed). It's really tough to do because you are basically flushing out all the yucky-ness... it's kind of like a detox sort of.. and protein-infused is important because protein in general helps keep you from feeling hungry, while also replenishing your muscles (like my sore ones right now). Coffee and iced tea is allowed, but obviously, diet sodas are okay, but definitely frowned upon!
What the AMP was ideally meant for was to be used in the middle of your weight loss program and to help you break a plateau or a tough set point. However, and yes, it's not the smartest thing to do, but truthfully, I don't know if I can go a whole 7 days, I am using the AMP diet to jump start my program and kick me into full weight loss mode! and yes, I know, I will be MISERABLE the whole darn time!! But, the reason I am choosing to do this is because I realized that I have gained almost all my weight back... I am only a mere 17 pounds from weighing 250 lbs again.. and I told myself I would never let myself weigh that much ever again.. and yes, Thanksgiving is coming up REAL FAST!! but I figure after 5-7 days of the AMP, just the smallest amount of regular food will fill me up and I won't stuff myself so much during the holidays... at least that's what I'm hoping for!!
Wish me luck! *fingers crossed*
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